H.M.S. Indefatigable at the Battle of Jutland: Difference between revisions

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
(Oops.)
No edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
"There was a terrific explosion aboard the ship, the magazines went.  I saw the guns go up in the air just like matchsticks &mdash; 12" guns they were &mdash; bodies and everything.  She was beginning to settle down.  Within half a minute the ship turned right over and she was gone.  I was 180 foot up and I was thrown well clear of the ship otherwise I would have been sucked under.  I was practically unconscious, turning over really.  At last I came on top of the water.  When I came up there was another fellow named Jimmy Green and we got a piece of wood, he was on one end and I was on the other end.  A couple of minutes afterwards some shells came over and Jim was minus his head so I was left on my lonesome."<ref>Farmer.  Recording made by the BBC in the possession of the Imperial War Museum.  [http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=GET_RECORD&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/qryMain.php&TN=Uncat&SN=AUTO5800&SE=3108&RN=76&MR=25&TR=0&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=1&XP=&RF=allResults&EF=&DF=allDetails&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=1&ID=&MF=WPENGMSG.INI&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=17182&NR=0&NB=3&SV=0&BG=0&FG=0&QS= Recording 4096.]</ref>
 
 
"There was a terrific explosion, the guns went up in the air just like matchsticks &mdash; 12" guns they were &mdash; She began to settle down and within half a minute the ship turned right over and she was gone.  I was thrown, I was about 180 foot up, you understand, and I was thrown well clear of the ship otherwise I would have been sucked under.  When I came up, there was another fellow there name Green, Jimmy Green, I think it was, and we swam over, we got a piece of wood, he was on one end and I was on the other end.  A couple of minutes afterwards some shells come over and Jim was minus his head, he went, so I was left on me lonesome."<ref>Falmer.  Imperial War Museum.  No. 4096.</ref>


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 15:36, 20 February 2011


"There was a terrific explosion, the guns went up in the air just like matchsticks — 12" guns they were — She began to settle down and within half a minute the ship turned right over and she was gone. I was thrown, I was about 180 foot up, you understand, and I was thrown well clear of the ship otherwise I would have been sucked under. When I came up, there was another fellow there name Green, Jimmy Green, I think it was, and we swam over, we got a piece of wood, he was on one end and I was on the other end. A couple of minutes afterwards some shells come over and Jim was minus his head, he went, so I was left on me lonesome."[1]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Falmer. Imperial War Museum. No. 4096.

Bibliography

Retrieved from "http://dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php?title=H.M.S._Indefatigable_at_the_Battle_of_Jutland&oldid=20733"